Stagecoach Group plc proposed a final dividend of 3.9 pence (2018: 3.9 pence), which will result in a full year dividend of 7.7 pence (2018: 7.7 pence) per share for the year ended 27 April 2019. The proposed final dividend of 3.9 pence per share is payable to shareholders on the register at 23 August 2019 and, if approved, will be paid on 2 October 2019. Shareholders who wish to participate in the dividend re-investment plan should elect to do so by sending their requests to the company's registrars to arrive by 11 September 2019.

The Group has agreed planned changes to its board of directors. Deputy Chairman, Will Whitehorn, will step down from the Board on 30 June 2020, when he will have served for nine years and be regarded as non-independent based on the criteria for independence stated in the UK Corporate Governance Code. Will Whitehorn will be succeeded as Deputy Chairman by Ray O'Toole, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2016 and is currently Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environmental Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Ray O'Toole, who is also a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees, has extensive senior experience in the public transport sector in the UK, mainland Europe and North America. The company announced that Karen Thomson, Non-Executive Director, will continue to serve on the Board. She was due to step down from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting scheduled for 30 August 2019. However, due to recent changes in her other business commitments, she will now continue as a Non-Executive Director and will seek re-election at the 2019 Annual General Meeting. In addition, Non-Executive Director, Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, has indicated that she will be stepping down from the Board on 31 July 2019 to take up the new full-time role of Chief Executive at Snoop.